Product OverviewThis VivoBook Slim laptop from Asus has a long-lasting 9 hour battery life, offering you the freedom to take your work on-the-go. At just 1.44 Kg, this model is beautifully lightweight too, so you can effortlessly slip it into your backpack and carry it anywhere. The 8th gen Intel® Core™ i5 processor has been teamed up with 8GB of RAM to deliver fantastic speeds and multitasking, so you can keep social media running while working on your latest project. It also has a 128GB solid state Hard Drive that delivers super-fast loading speeds and enough space for the equivalent of 40,000 hi-res photos. Don’t forget to grab a copy of Microsoft Office and an antivirus package too.

Seeing as this flaw has existed for ages (10 years apparently) and affects windows, mac and linux there's little point worrying about it until they patch it (if they do) - computers are inherently prone to attacks, so not yet time to move to AMD I feel

Seeing as this flaw has existed for ages (10 years apparently) and affects …Seeing as this flaw has existed for ages (10 years apparently) and affects windows, mac and linux there's little point worrying about it until they patch it (if they do) - computers are inherently prone to attacks, so not yet time to move to AMD I feel

The flaw has existed for ages, yes. But it's not just that the flaw that is the problem, it's that the fixes are apparently hitting performance quite drastically. Certainly not worth abandoning ship but perhaps worth holding off to see what happens before buying new.

The flaw has existed for ages, yes. But it's not just that the flaw that …The flaw has existed for ages, yes. But it's not just that the flaw that is the problem, it's that the fixes are apparently hitting performance quite drastically. Certainly not worth abandoning ship but perhaps worth holding off to see what happens before buying new.

Yes remains to be seen what performance hit happens. Cynics might wonder if this impact is a new way to make us get new CPU's because there's so little need to upgrade so often these days.

Yes remains to be seen what performance hit happens. Cynics might wonder …Yes remains to be seen what performance hit happens. Cynics might wonder if this impact is a new way to make us get new CPU's because there's so little need to upgrade so often these days.

Rumours are, about 7-8% performance drop for most people, around 25-30% for VM usage.

Fantastic specs and an ideal laptop... apart from the screen. There is no excuse for selling something this low these days. 99% of people would be better off with a better screen, and some other small aspect made cheaper.